From bgvocals@yahoo.com Tue Dec 13 05:34:19 2005
Subject:Re: Terminology and technique

> If it feels good, go for it.... just don't kick a
> woman in the mouth,
> or you'll be glissing those high notes for quite a
> while...

Well I gave it a whirl (or a slide I guess) Sunday
morning and it worked great. Uh, no women at my feet
though, but I did get tangled up in my monitor cord
:-)

I couldn't believe how nice it sounded with everybody
else playing. I am finding this to be true: the parts
I play on the organ do not sound nearly as nice as
they do combined with other instruments. I do not do
solos, so I guess it is pretty obvious that an
accompianment part sounds best with other stuff
playing! Any others have the same experience?

Lou

>
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, "Barry"
> wrote:
> >
> > Well, I like the approach that you start your
> slide low on the
> keyboard with
> > the Leslie on slow speed. You slide up until your
> fingers hit
> those first
> > high notes of what is going to be your most
> awesome solo ever. You
> linger
> > on those notes for just a second, then you kick
> the Leslie into
> high gear,
> > and you're off! The only problem with this is all
> the women who
> have fallen
> > at your feet make it hard to reach the pedals at
> all!
> >
> > > "If you do this with fast Leslie and decent
> drawbar setting, the
> ladies
> > > will instantly fall at your feet (which should
> be busy kicking
> bass)"
> > >
> > > Hi Martin
> > >
> > > You ain't lying! I do this almost all of the
> time and IT
> WORKS!!! LOL

> > > here's a tip for playing palm smears that will
> sound good and look
> > > cool for people who watch you play:
> > > let's say you have to play a C6 chord.
> > > -prepare your right hand with your fingers over
> E, G, A, and C.
> > > -slide with your left hand, using the side of
> your index, middle
> > > finger and... the other one after, starting from
> about two octaves
> > > under the chord where you will land.
> > > -when your left hand gets to where your chord
> will be, play it
> with
> > > your right hand.
> > >
> > > If you do this with fast Leslie and decent
> drawbar setting, the
> ladies
> > > will instantly fall at your feet (which should
> be busy kicking
> bass)
> > >
> > > next week: the elbow method
> > >
> > > martin

> > >> OK, I'm new to playing organ, so I get to ask
> the
> > >> really newbie questions. What is it called
> when
> > >> sliding across the keys (in either direction)
> ending
> > >> in either a single note or a chord? I have
> heard it
> > >> called a "gliss", "smears", and "wipes". What
> is the
> > >> most popular term for that? Gliss might be
> short for
> > >> glissando which I think is travelling up or
> down from
> > >> one note to another, actually the definition
> is, "A
> > >> rapid slide through a series of consecutive
> tones in a
> > >> scalelike passage."
> > >>
> > >> While on the subject, is there a best way to do
> the
> > >> gliss or whatever it is called? Palm, side of
> the
> > >> index finger, back of a finger (scratch keys?),
> you
> > >> guys who have been doing that for years should
> have a
> > >> preferred way. If I listen to "Smokin" by
> Boston, he
> > >> does some pretty fast ones and I would be
> really
> > >> curious to know his method.
> > >>
> > >> I have to (read that as I GET to) do a couple
> of these
> > >> in a song this Sunday at church. I am doing OK
> with
> > >> the ways I have tried, but can't help but
> wonder if
> > >> there is a more correct way.
> > >>
> > >> Lou

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